Top Rated Players — Defenders

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Sergio Ramos García89+0

Thiago Emiliano da Silva89+0

Jérôme Boateng89+0

Képler Laveran Lima Ferreira88+0

Philipp Lahm88+0

Giorgio Chiellini88+0

Mats Hummels88+0

Diego Godín88+0

Wendie Renard87+1

Gerard Piqué Bernabeu87+0

Leonardo Bonucci87+0

Becky Sauerbrunn87+0

Julie Ertz86+7

David Alaba86+3

Andrea Barzagli86+0

Vincent Kompany86+0

João Miranda de Souza Filho86+0

Marcelo Vieira da Silva86+0

Jordi Alba Ramos86+0

Nilla Fischer86+0

Javier Martínez Aginaga85+1

Toby Alderweireld85+1

Filipe Luís Kasmirski85+0

Laurent Koscielny85+0

Sokratis Papastathopoulos85+0

Christie Rampone85+0

Steph Houghton85+0

Raphaël Varane84+7

Shkodran Mustafi84+4

Aymeric Laporte84+4

Alex Sandro Lobo Silva84+3

Daniel Carvajal Ramos84+3

Kostas Manolas84+2

Javier Mascherano84+0

Daniel Alves da Silva84+0

Medhi Benatia84+0

Benedikt Höwedes84+0

David Luiz Moreira Marinho84+0

Kamil Glik84+0

Kelley O'Hara84+0

Eric Bailly83+7

Marcos Aoas Corrêa83+6

Samuel Umtiti83+5

José María Giménez83+5

Lucy Bronze83+5

Mateo Musacchio83+3

Kalidou Koulibaly83+3

Virgil van Dijk83+3

Joel Matip83+2

Ömer Toprak83+1

#	Player	Position	Nation	Team	OVR	POT	Growth
1	Sergio Ramos García	CB	Spain	Real Madrid	89	89	+0
2	Thiago Emiliano da Silva	CB	Brazil	Paris Saint-Germain	89	89	+0
3	Jérôme Boateng	CB	Germany	Bayern München	89	89	+0
4	Képler Laveran Lima Ferreira	CB	Portugal	Real Madrid	88	88	+0
5	Philipp Lahm	RB	Germany	Bayern München	88	88	+0
6	Giorgio Chiellini	CB	Italy	Juventus	88	88	+0
7	Mats Hummels	CB	Germany	Bayern München	88	88	+0
8	Diego Godín	CB	Uruguay	Atlético de Madrid	88	88	+0
9	Wendie Renard	CB	France	France Women	87	88	+1
10	Gerard Piqué Bernabeu	CB	Spain	FC Barcelona	87	87	+0
11	Leonardo Bonucci	CB	Italy	Juventus	87	87	+0
12	Becky Sauerbrunn	CB	United States	United States Women	87	87	+0
13	Julie Ertz	CB	United States	United States Women	86	93	+7
14	David Alaba	LB	Austria	Bayern München	86	89	+3
15	Andrea Barzagli	CB	Italy	Juventus	86	86	+0
16	Vincent Kompany	CB	Belgium	Manchester City	86	86	+0
17	João Miranda de Souza Filho	CB	Brazil	Inter	86	86	+0
18	Marcelo Vieira da Silva	LB	Brazil	Real Madrid	86	86	+0
19	Jordi Alba Ramos	LB	Spain	FC Barcelona	86	86	+0
20	Nilla Fischer	CB	Sweden	Sweden Women	86	86	+0
21	Javier Martínez Aginaga	CB	Spain	Bayern München	85	86	+1
22	Toby Alderweireld	CB	Belgium	Tottenham Hotspur	85	86	+1
23	Filipe Luís Kasmirski	LB	Brazil	Atlético de Madrid	85	85	+0
24	Laurent Koscielny	CB	France	Arsenal	85	85	+0
25	Sokratis Papastathopoulos	CB	Greece	Borussia Dortmund	85	85	+0
26	Christie Rampone	CB	United States	United States Women	85	85	+0
27	Steph Houghton	CB	England	England Women	85	85	+0
28	Raphaël Varane	CB	France	Real Madrid	84	91	+7
29	Shkodran Mustafi	CB	Germany	Arsenal	84	88	+4
30	Aymeric Laporte	CB	France	Athletic Club de Bilbao	84	88	+4
31	Alex Sandro Lobo Silva	LB	Brazil	Juventus	84	87	+3
32	Daniel Carvajal Ramos	RB	Spain	Real Madrid	84	87	+3
33	Kostas Manolas	CB	Greece	Roma	84	86	+2
34	Javier Mascherano	CB	Argentina	FC Barcelona	84	84	+0
35	Daniel Alves da Silva	RB	Brazil	Juventus	84	84	+0
36	Medhi Benatia	CB	Morocco	Juventus	84	84	+0
37	Benedikt Höwedes	CB	Germany	FC Schalke 04	84	84	+0
38	David Luiz Moreira Marinho	CB	Brazil	Chelsea	84	84	+0
39	Kamil Glik	CB	Poland	AS Monaco	84	84	+0
40	Kelley O'Hara	RB	United States	United States Women	84	84	+0
41	Eric Bailly	CB	Ivory Coast	Manchester United	83	90	+7
42	Marcos Aoas Corrêa	CB	Brazil	Paris Saint-Germain	83	89	+6
43	Samuel Umtiti	CB	France	FC Barcelona	83	88	+5
44	José María Giménez	CB	Uruguay	Atlético de Madrid	83	88	+5
45	Lucy Bronze	RB	England	England Women	83	88	+5
46	Mateo Musacchio	CB	Argentina	Villarreal CF	83	86	+3
47	Kalidou Koulibaly	CB	Senegal	Napoli	83	86	+3
48	Virgil van Dijk	CB	Netherlands	Southampton	83	86	+3
49	Joel Matip	CB	Cameroon	Liverpool	83	85	+2
50	Ömer Toprak	CB	Türkiye	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	83	84	+1